Democrats used to like this way of limiting greenhouse emissions. Now Republicans are open to it. Is there a way forward?
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Want to Expand Social Security? Fight Climate Change
Democrats can peel away Trump supporters by making retirement more affordable, and they can pay for it with a carbon tax.
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Washington State vs. Washington’s Hate
I guess these lives should just be considered collateral damage in Donald Trump’s battle to defend coal: The Trump administration has hailed its overhaul of federal pollution restrictions on coal-burning power plants as creating new jobs, eliminating burdensome government regulations and ending what President Trump has long described as a “war on coal.” The administration’s […]
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The Carbon Tax as Publicity Stunt
The Republican Party is fully and unapologetically committed to the defense of coal, oil and natural gas at all costs.
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Big Oil’s Big Nightmare
Fossil fuel companies are scared to death that carbon pricing efforts could be implemented in places like Washington state.
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Anthony Kennedy’s Betrayal of the Planet
History will show that when our climate needed a champion, Kennedy largely failed to answer the call.
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Exxon’s Long Con
At long last, have they no decency? Of course not. ExxonMobil—still reeling from reports that the company knew that its fossil fuels were fueling a climate crisis—is crying victim in court, claiming that mean environmentalists are targeting the company for destruction. Pardon me as I reach for the handkerchief: ExxonMobil is trying to turn the […]
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Hot Takes: The Top Climate Stories of 2017
1. Puerto Rico: Donald Trump’s malignant neglect of the American territory in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s devastation is nothing short of a human-rights atrocity, and one of the most significant climate stories of the decade. 2. Paris pullout: Trump’s announcement of his plans to abandon the 2015 Paris climate agreement sparked an international backlash–and […]
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Trump Uncorks, Says Bob’s A Dork
I guess Donald Trump had to find something else to complain about because Alec Baldwin wasn’t in the SNL cold open last night: Sen. Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday called the White House “an adult day care center” after President Trump attacked him in a morning Twitter tirade. […]
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Hurricane Rush’s Downpour of Lies
I’d say the old man has lost it, but he never had it in the first place: Rush Limbaugh didn’t say the magic words, but on Tuesday he basically accused the media of creating fake news about Hurricane Irma, which is threatening Florida after hitting Barbuda and Antigua. The storm’s 185-mile-per-hour winds tied the record […]
